On Wednesday 20th of March, racing will return once more to the iconic 6.8 km Schools’ Head course. With the recent high tide, the race will be the fastest it has been in several years, meaning that the competition will be intense and exciting. The Women’s Junior 16 Championship Eight is always a popular category, and […]
National Schools’ Regatta, which is held on the iconic Olympic venue, Dorney Lake, and hosts spectators and athletes alike framed by a colourful patchwork of school flags and gazebos who have all have come to witness a dazzling display of the best of what junior rowing in this country has to offer. For many J16’s, […]
The week preceding NSR is one of eternal mystery for a J16. When will the taper begin? Is there even a taper? Why are we doing long pieces a week out? The ever-elusive category is difficult to understand with the differences a mere canvas to a couple of lengths. Many wonder what is it that […]
With less than three months between Schools’ Head and National Schools Regatta (two out of what are known as the big three), we are clearly entering the sharp end of the school rowing season. Schools’ Head is where crews with high ambitions start to see if their winter training has paid off and where they […]
Hammersmith Head is generally considered to be the first big junior rowing event of the spring racing calendar, and there’s every chance that with the light winds and sunny conditions predicted this Sunday, this could be just the race to shake of some of those winter rowing blues. Starting at Chiswick Bridge and ending near […]
With the cancellation of Chester LDS due to unsafe conditions, the winding 4250m Wallingford Long Distance Sculls course represents the first challenge of the season for a new group of J16 scullers. For those entered it will be a chance to put summer training into use and lay down a marker for the coming season. […]
Since the decision to combine 1st 8s and Championship 8s across all year groups, clubs have opted to race in fours for a greater chance of success. This category is a classic example, with only two crews entered being what I believe the clubs’ 2nd crew at J16 level. 12 of the 18 crews progress […]
In what promises to be one of the quickest races of the day, the Junior 16 Championship Eight category never fails to disappoint, with the previous two winners not really considered favourites prior to the event. Indeed, our predictions have served to stoke the fire in the past so we’re hoping that we can help […]
With Schools Head taking place the day before the scullery, some of the crews entered into this category may be making the transition from racing in larger sweep boats on the Monday to quads the following day. These crews may therefore be fatigued from the long race from Chiswick to Putney at Schools Head, which […]
With it only being a matter of weeks until Schools Head, many clubs and schools will enter Hampton Head so that they can compare their speed to their competition and see how their training has been progressing. This is no different for the category of Open J16 eights and after an exciting set of results […]
Hampton Small Boats will be a good indicator of the form of J16 crews and their progression since Reading Small Boats as the festive season beckons. With a 17 boat draw, this should prove to be a hotly contested division. The races so far have shown Henley RC to be a powerhouse within the […]
